“Scott Allan is one of Scotland’s best midfield talents and last season’s Championship player of the year, and any approaches for him are unwelcome,” she said.

The Easter Road side came out victorious in four of the seven matches between the clubs last season, but lost out to Rangers in the end of season play-offs.

Rangers manager Mark Warburton has been in his role just over a month but Stubbs says he can already see big changes from last season’s squad.

“I saw them on Tuesday and they’re trying to play the ball around more and a more passing game,” he said. “It will be a good game of football because that’s something we want to do as well.

“As far as I’m concerned it’s a competitive game and every competitive game we play in we want to win. It’s the first game in front of our fans at home. Our intentions are, whether it’s a cup game or a league game, we want to win the game.”